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W'ATGH CASE BEZEL. No. 320,584. Patented June 23, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES V. IEYN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WATCH-CASE BEZEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,584, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed March 23, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES V. PEYN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvementin Bezels for lVatch-Glasses, of which the following is a specification.

\Vatch crystals or glasses are usually in serted into a metal ring or bezel, and this is sprung upon the flange of the watch-case center. The glass itself is sprung into the ring or bezel, and it is necessary to fit the glass accurately to the bezel, or else such glass will be loose and likely to fall out, or else there will be risk of breaking the glass in attempting to put it into the bezel if the glass is too large.

My invention is made for accommodating slight variations in the sizes of the glasses, so as to render it unnecessary to grind the glass to fit the bezel. This is a great convenience to watch-makers or small dealers, as it renders it unnecessary to keep such a large stock on hand. I make use of a metal ring or bezel having an incision in it at one side, such incision being parallel, or nearly so, with the seat upon which the glass rests, and there is a cross-incision to separate the seat of the glass and form two spring portions that expand sufficiently to admit the glass if slightly large in diameter, and to hold such glass firmly in place without any risk of the glass being injured.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the glass and its bezel of about an ordinary size. Fig. 2 is a section in a large size of the bezel and glass at one side, and Fig. 3 is an edge View of the outer surface of the bezel where the incision is made.

The watch-glass A is of any ordinary shape or convexity, and the edges are beveled in the usual manner. The bezel B is adapted to receive the glass upon the shoulder c, and within the peripheral flange, and the base of the bezel is adapted to set upon and be sprung. over the annular flange of the watch-case center. In the bezel, at one side thereof, two spring-sections are formed by a longitudinal incision at e and atransverse incision at z, the longitudinal and transverse incisions either being made by a fine saw or the metal is pressed together after the incisions are made V and before the surface of the bezel is turned up, so that the spring -sections can yield slightly to accommodate small differences in the diameter of the glass when pressed into place, and thereby prevent injury to the glass by too great pressure upon its periphery, and at the same time the bezel will be free from any openings that might otherwise admit dust.

I claim as my invention- The watch-glass ring or bezel having an incision at one side in a plane parallel to the seat for the glass, or nearly so, and a transverse separation at the seat, as set forth, to form two springs, so as to allow for the more free introduction of the glass, substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 19th day of March, A. D. 1885.

OHS. V. PEYN.

W'itnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, WILLIAM G. Morr. 

